EMX125

MAGGIORA (Italy), 14 June 2015 – It was a diverse weekend for round five of the EMX125 and round three of the EMX300 European Championships with the two day event hosting one race on a dry, hard and slick surface and the second in some of the worst mud the championship has ever seen.

Yesterday, the sun baked circuit of Maggiora was dominated by KTM Factory Juniors Josiah Natzke who claimed his fourth consecutive EMX125 race win, while Swiss rider Killian Auberson took his first ever win in the EMX300.

With the weather taking a turn for the worst today, the EMX300 race was cut short due to torrential rain flooding the circuit. Italian fans remained happy with one of their locals, Manuel Beconcini, claiming the race win and another Italian, Marco Maddii, stealing the overall. Meanwhile in the EMX125 it was Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux who took his second race win for his third overall victory of the season.

Italian fans were instantly bought to life this morning as one of their home soil heroes Manuel Beconcini cleaned up the EMX300 race two. In conditions, which were in complete contrast to those of yesterday, Beconcini grabbed the holeshot and never looked back as he led every single lap unchallenged for his first ever EMX300 race win. Meanwhile behind him, fellow Italian Marco Maddii did a similar thing for second.

Because of the torrential rain, vision was an issue and errors were hard to avoid. The race ended up being a battle of survival before being red flagged with nearly nine minutes plus two laps still on the clock. With the race cut short, the red plate holder Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna’s Yentel Martens finished up in third ahead of Spains Txomin Arana and Swiss rider Nicolas Bender.

With the combination of results from both races, Italian Marco Maddii was able to stand on the top step of the podium at his home round while Yentel Martens and Manuel Beconcini rounded out the top three respectively.

EMX300 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Killian Auberson (SUI, KTM), 29:21.610; 2. Yentel Martens (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:13.427; 3. Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), +0:18.896; 4. Damon Strydom (GBR, KTM), +0:32.357; 5. Manuel Beconcini (ITA, KTM), +0:32.997; 6. Dušan Drdaj (CZE, Yamaha), +0:37.181; 7. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), +0:39.491; 8. Micol Pacini (ITA, TM), +0:41.646; 9. Nicolas Bender (SUI, Yamaha), +0:42.025; 10. Txomin Arana (ESP, Yamaha), +1:04.429.

EMX300 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Manuel Beconcini (ITA, KTM), 12:06.679; 2. Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), +0:09.993; 3. Yentel Martens (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:12.567; 4. Txomin Arana (ESP, Yamaha), +0:35.591; 5. Nicolas Bender (SUI, Yamaha), +0:40.819; 6. Matthew Moffat (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:51.065; 7. Killian Auberson (SUI, KTM), +0:52.987; 8. Ronny van Hove (BEL, KTM), +1:06.544; 9. Patrick Vos (NED, KTM), +1:19.086; 10. Marcello Disetti (ITA, TM), +1:21.184.

EMX300 Overall Top Ten: 1. Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), 42 points; 2. Yentel Martens (BEL, HUS), 42 p.; 3. Manuel Beconcini (ITA, KTM), 41 p.; 4. Killian Auberson (SUI, KTM), 39 p.; 5. Txomin Arana (ESP, YAM), 29 p.; 6. Nicolas Bender (SUI, YAM), 28 p.; 7. Damon Strydom (GBR, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Matthew Moffat (GBR, HUS), 25 p.; 9. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Dušan Drdaj (CZE, YAM), 19 p.

EMX300 Championship Top Ten: 1. Yentel Martens (BEL, HUS), 142 points; 2. Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), 109 p.; 3. Matthew Moffat (GBR, HUS), 92 p.; 4. Lewis Gregory (GBR, YAM), 86 p.; 5. Damon Strydom (GBR, KTM), 85 p.; 6. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), 82 p.; 7. Joey Smet (BEL, KTM), 55 p.; 8. Patrick Vos (NED, KTM), 49 p.; 9. Nicolas Bender (SUI, YAM), 47 p.; 10. Mike Kras (NED, YAM), 42 p.

EMX300 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 142 points; 2. KTM, 122 p.; 3. Yamaha, 121 p.; 4. TM, 40 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 37 p.; 6. Aprilia, 24 p.; 7. Honda, 12 p.; 8. Suzuki, 12 p.

After the gnarly storm in the morning, the second moto for the EMX125 was pushed back six hours which meant the youngsters had to race on a seriously chopped up grand prix circuit. It was the ultimate learning experience for every rider in contention with track demanding a vast amount of skill and technique.

Mastering the choppiness out here today was Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux who got off to a great start and made an early charge for the lead. The holeshotter, Italian Davide Cislaghi managed to get the crowd involved when he led the opening laps of the race.

Ten minutes in and Renaux dropped the hammer on Cislaghi, which was soon duplicated by Sahkar KTM Racing’s Jago Geerts and the race one winner Josiah Natzke. As Cislaghi dropped back to fourth, Geerts wasted no time in chasing Renaux to put in a challenge for the lead.

Geerts did manage to reel Renaux in and did take the position briefly but Renaux was quick to counter act and pull another gap. At that point, the youngsters who battling a mixture of bottomless ruts, icy areas, and square edged bumps opted to cool it and settle in their positions.

As for the red plate holder, KTM Factory Juniors Jorge Prado, the fourteen-year-old Spaniard had an extremely tough day in the office, planting it multiple times. After finishing second in race one yesterday, he only managed to get seventeenth today which was detrimental to his championship.

The red plate now belongs to Maxime Renaux who won race two ahead of Jago Geerts and Josiah Natzke. The hot starter, Davide Cislaghi managed to hold on for fourth ahead of Ruben Fernandez Garcia.

At the end of the weekend it was Maxime Renaux who topped the box ahead of Josiah Natzke as Davide Cislaghi rounded out the top three.

EMX125 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 29:23.678; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:04.970; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:09.869; 4. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:22.121; 5. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:28.082; 6. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), +0:36.434; 7. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:38.661; 8. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), +0:39.236; 9. Ruben Fernandez Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:48.209; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +0:53.890.

EMX125 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), 30:25.169; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:03.519; 3. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), +0:11.521; 4. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), +0:23.220; 5. Ruben Fernandez Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:27.792; 6. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:29.052; 7. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:34.470; 8. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +0:48.462; 9. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, Yamaha), +0:49.745; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:53.509

EMX125 Overall Top Ten: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 45 points; 2. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), 33 p.; 4. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 31 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez Garcia (ESP, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Jan Pancar (SLO, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 24 p.

EMX125 Championship Top Ten: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 245 points; 2. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 235 p.; 3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 231 p.; 4. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 144 p.; 5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 144 p.; 6. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), 144 p.; 7. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 140 p.; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 124 p.; 9. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HUS), 110 p.; 10. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), 109 p

EMX125 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 294 points; 2. Yamaha, 245 p.; 3. TM, 166 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 139 p.

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Circuit length: 1650m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 17°C

Weather conditions: cloudy with showers

Crowd Attendance: 36,000

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MAGGIORA (Italy), 13 June 2015 - After a grim day of treacherous rain yesterday where the circuit and venue took a hammering from water, it was unbelievable how amazing Maggiora shaped up today to host the qualifying races at round nine of the FIM Motocross World Championship. With surprisingly picture perfect conditions, it was both red plate holders Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings who cleaned up.

In the European Championships EMX300 and EMX125, who also raced their first motos of the weekend, it was Swiss rider Killian Auberson who claimed the twenty-five points in the EMX300 while KTM Factory Juniors Josiah Natzke took his fourth consecutive race win in the EMX125.

The MXGP riders were lucky as the rain that was threatened failed to amount, which left the track dry but still very technically challenging. When the gates dropped it looked as though the two fastest in Timed Practice, Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev and Gautier Paulin, would lead the way around turn one. Instead, the two collided and went down.

Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Steven Frossard was the one who nabbed the holeshot in this instance followed by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl. As the trio exited turn three, there was an epic roar from the crowd as the legend Antonio Cairoli took the lead. Uncharacteristically Cairoli failed to complete the first lap because of a crash that forced him out of the race.

With Cairoli out, Nagl took the lead and then it was game over for the rest of MXGP as the red plate holder ran away for his first qualifying heat victory of the season. Meanwhile behind the German, Frossard put in a phenomenal performance before he lost the front around the midway mark and retired. It was Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Jeremy Van Horebeek who capitalized on the mistakes of Cairoli and Frossard and took home a comfortable second ahead Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson, a guy known more for his sand skills, who came home in third.

The most impressive performance of the day was undoubtedly that of Bobryshev who rallied his way from last all the way up to fourth. Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Glenn Coldenhoff also put in a great performance for fifth with Paulin rounding out the top six.

As for Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle, he went out in free practice but still cannot ride due to a shoulder and a knee injury. So he has withdrawn.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), 24:42.694; 2. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:04.702; 3. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:07.624; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:09.534; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:13.588; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:14.956; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:15.640; 8. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:16.548; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Honda), +0:23.868; 10. Todd Waters (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:24.551.

There was no catching the Red Bull KTM Factory bikes out of the gate as Pauls Jonass snatched the holeshot from The Bullet Jeffrey Herlings. Herlings knows the importance of a good start and wasted no time in squirting up the inside of his teammate to take over the lead. Jonass then tried to tuck in behind Herlings but had to switch from attack to defense mode with Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Thomas Covington and Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod all over him like a rash.

Covington soon made life easier for everyone when he went down in the first few laps while Guillod, hasty in moving forward kept Herlings in his sights. With Jonass dropping back to third, the next challenger for the Latvian was the defending champion Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jordi Tixier who, six laps in, managed to execute a sweet pass by launching the step up for the inside line on the following turn.

Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie was the next rider to start reeling Jonass in after passing Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser in the early stages of the race. After a few laps of eating the pebble-like clay roost, both Anstie and Gajser were gifted a position when Jonass went down.

Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Aleksandr Tonkov also took advantage of Jonass’ fault and moved up to sixth which soon became fifth as Anstie suffered another engine malfunction.

At the checkered flag, it was Herlings who rode flawless for the win while Guillod put in a solid performance for second. Tixier was also unchallenged in third followed by Gajser and Tonkov respectively.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 24:25.689; 2. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:08.939; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:12.877; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:15.712; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:26.263; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:30.379; 7. Julien Lieber (BEL, Yamaha), +0:32.629; 8. Damon Graulus (BEL, Yamaha), +0:37.429; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:43.718; 10. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Honda), +0:45.052.

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Circuit length: 1650m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: cloudy with some shower

TIMETABLE

Sunday: EMX300 Warm-up 08:45; EMX125 Warm-up 09:00; EMX300 Race 2 10:30; MX2 Warm up 11:10; MXGP Warm up 11:30; EMX125 Race 2 12:00; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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VILLARS SOUS ECOT (France), 31 May 2015 – Round five of the European Championship EMX125 was swept clean by KTM Factory Juniors’ Josiah Natzke who had the hilly circuit of Villars sous Ecot, France, dialed this weekend to claim his first overall win of the season.

The young talented kiwi Josiah Natzke took his third race win of the season yesterday in Race 1 ahead of the French favorite Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux. While Renaux flew the flag for the French riders, Natzke’s KTM Factory Juniors teammate Jorge Prado rounded out the top three.

Kicking off a new day, when the gates dropped this morning it was the Frenchie Maxime Renaux who had the packed hillside fired up with his amazing holeshot. While the roaring crowds did their best to egg the young Frenchman on, it wasn’t enough as KTM Factory Juniors star Josiah Natzke hit the finish line jump wide open to take over the lead at the start of lap two.

Half a lap later and the red plate holder KTM Factory Juniors’ Jorge Prado emerged pinned on his KTM 125SX. The Spaniard, who is quite possibly the youngest rider in the class at the tender age of fourteen, barged his way from outside of the top five to take over the lead on lap three. It’s common knowledge there is nothing worse than being passed by a teammate, which Natzke made evident when he out of nowhere turned it up a notch and passed Prado back. Prado did his best to respond again but eventually let Natzke go and sat back for second.

The home town hero Maxime Renaux cruised around for an easy third while fellow Frenchman Stephen Rubini, who was in good shape yesterday before he stacked it and finished a lap down, held off MX Racing Team’s Filippo Zonta for fourth.

At the end of the weekend it was KTM Factory Juniors’ Josiah Natzke who dominated both races for the overall while his teammate Jorge Prado went 3 – 2 for second. Frenchman Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux rounded out the top three.

EMX125 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 29:57.656; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.411; 3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:20.342; 4. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), +0:24.141; 5. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), +0:26.853; 6. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:27.331; 7. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:28.027; 8. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:29.136; 9. Filippo Zonta (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:30.007; 10. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, Yamaha), +0:31.428

EMX125 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 29:07.516; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:06.466; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:19.174; 4. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:36.899; 5. Filippo Zonta (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:41.880; 6. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), +0:43.965; 7. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), +0:46.517; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:47.340; 9. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), +0:52.588; 10. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:53.656

EMX125 Overall Top Ten: 1. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 50 points; 2. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 42 p.; 4. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), 33 p.; 5. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HUS), 28 p.; 6. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 18 p.

EMX125 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 205 points; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 200 p.; 3. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), 190 p.; 4. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 136 p.; 5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 130 p.; 6. Davide Cislaghi (ITA, TM), 111 p.; 7. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), 109 p.; 8. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 109 p.; 9. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HUS), 105 p.; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 99 p.

EMX125 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 247 points; 2. Yamaha, 200 p.; 3. TM, 133 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 129 p.

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Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Clay

Temperature: 22°C

Weather conditions: sunny

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